, champagne —" shampanskoye" in Russian — has been used as a generic term for a wide range of sparkling

BRUSSELS( Reuters)-The top European Union court backed French champagne makers on Thursday who had argued that their protection under EU law should extend far beyond banning rival sparkling wine producers from putting the word" champagne" on their bottles. The champagne makers' association( CIVC) is seeking to prohibit a chain of tapas bars in Spain from using" champanillo", Spanish for" little champagne", on signs and on social media. The commercial court of Barcelona rejected the CIVC's claims

France's champagne industry group will resume exports to Russia on Wednesday despite a Russian law forcing foreign champagne producers to add a" sparkling wine" reference to the back of their bottles, local media reported on Saturday.... The Interprofessional Champagne Wines Committee( CIVC) had asked its producers to boycott Russia following the introduction of the law last July.... Alok Sharma dodges meeting in Brussels – Brexit talks sour[ INSIGHT] Brexit LIVE: EU under pressure to deliver